EASTENDERS favourite Natalie Cassidy was on hand to rush to her nephew’s aid after he collapsed following the London Marathon – and ended up in a “body bag.”;
The show star – who recently – was putting her spare time to good use as she proved Dom Cassidy’s biggest cheerleader.
‘s relative completed his epic feat in the UK heat in less than four hours.
Yet things quickly turned and, at mile 23, he told how he started to “feel my eyes go a little bit”; before his knee went at mile 24.
He told the Sonia Fowler actress’s podcast, Life With Nat, of his ordeal.
He said: “I don’t know how far out maybe around half a mile I remember my eyes rolled back to my head and I pretty much collapsed on someone next to me.
“The last thing I can remember I just said I need to finish this race.
“Then I woke up in a body bag full of ice in the emergency tents at the marathon.
“That’s it, the doctor was there.”;
Dom then told how he was unable to remember his name or date of birth in in the emergency tent.
He was then in a “delirious”; state after being whisked to Harlow Hospital.
On her page, Natalie, 41, told how she was on hand to deliver nine chicken nuggets and a Big Mac.
She uploaded a snap showing them in the medical ward, with drips attached to Dom’s arm.
In her caption, she wrote: “Meet my nephew Dom. He ran the marathon for the first time last Sunday.
“He did it in 3 hours and 56 minutes and he loved every bit of it. Well almost. He ended up in hospital. This was us Sunday night about half 10 after I’d delivered him a Big Mac and Coke.”;
She added: “His gorgeous wife Annalisa and two beautiful children are shining with pride. His sisters @natsnieces are so so proud and his mum @linnycass called you her hero.
“Smashed it. But take it easy next time geez. Come and do it next year at my pace.”;
Natalie has , back in 2019 and 2023.
For her first feat, she tackled the gruelling course in when raising money in late soap co-star
Theirteam raised more than £100,000 for Alzheimer’s charities at the time, after the Peggy Mitchell legend was diagnosed with the disease.
Meanwhile, Natalie told EastEnders bosses of her decision to leave the hitsoap last summer.
She recently told how from her exit.
